One of my current projects is the Future in Music Program. I'm the founder and executive director of the organization, a mentorship program that is focused on promoting access to high quality education to brass players who are members of underrepresented groups or may not have such access. The mentorship program pairs high school brass players who are marginalized on the basis of gender and wanting to apply to music school with mentors who are students in music programs at universities, colleges, and conservatories. I founded the program in 2021 and currently work as the executive director of the organization, which is in the process of applying for non-profit 501(c)(3) status. As director of the mentorship program, among other things, I create and implements the program curriculum, which is designed to make the college audition process more accessible.
More about the Future in Music Program
The Future in Music Program is a mentorship program that aims at making the process of applying and auditioning for music universities, colleges and conservatories more accessible. The mentorship program is for people who are marginalized on the basis of gender in the brass-playing world. The program pairs undergraduate and graduate students who are members of these groups and studying a brass instrument at a music school with high school students who are interested in pursuing music in the future, with the aim of supporting and mentoring these high school students through the application and audition process. The program is entirely free--the goal is to provide support and resources to students navigating the college audition process. It is important for there to be educational opportunities for every brass player, to create gradual change and remedy race, gender, and other imbalances in the brass world. To create equality in the field of music, we must work towards equality in music education.